Jiminy Cricket is your host through two stories, Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk.  Bongo is about a circus bear who tries to fit in out in the wild.  Mickey and the Beanstalk, told by Edgar Bergen and his puppets Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, along with Luana Patten, is the Jack and the Beanstalk story, this time starring Mickey, Donald and Goofy.

Availability:
    VHS: Pan and Scan -- going on moratorium soon.

Cast/Crew
Edgar Bergen             Himself

Luana Patten        Herself
        So Dear to My Heart
        Song of the South
        Johnny Tremaine

Miscellaneous:
    Walt Disney and Edgar Bergen were friends, and Walt used Charlie's image in a couple of his cartoons.
    Edgar Bergen is the father of Candace Bergen, star of Murphy Brown.
    Fun and Fancy Free was the fourth of the package features.  A package feature was a group of shorts put together to form one feature length film.  Others films included
        Saludos Amigos
        The Three Callaberos
        Make Mine Music
        Melody Time
        The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

MPAA Rating:
    G

My Rating:
    The thing I like best about this film is Charlie McCarthy.  Bergen's sense of humor is strongly apparant in this film.
    ***1/2
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